{"id":11600,"date":"2019-02-27T08:03:19","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T15:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peposevision.com\/?p=11600"},"modified":"2019-02-27T08:03:19","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T15:03:19","slug":"what-are-the-symptoms-of-glaucoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peposevision.com\/what-are-the-symptoms-of-glaucoma\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are the Symptoms of Glaucoma?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Open-angle glaucoma.<\/strong>With open-angle glaucoma, there are no warning signs or obvious symptoms in the early stages. As the disease progresses, blind spots develop in your peripheral (side) vision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most people with open-angle glaucoma do not notice any change in their vision until the damage is quite severe. This is why glaucoma is called the \u201csilent thief of sight.\u201d Having regular eye exams can help your Pepose Vision ophthalmologist find this disease before you lose vision. Your ophthalmologist can tell you how often you should be examined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Angle-closure glaucoma.  <\/strong>People at risk for angle-closure glaucoma usually show no symptoms before an attack. Some early symptoms of an attack may include blurred vision, halos, mild headaches or eye pain. People with these symptoms should be checked by their ophthalmologist as soon as possible. An attack of angle-closure glaucoma includes the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>severe pain in the eye or forehead<\/li><li>redness of the eye<\/li><li>decreased vision or blurred vision<\/li><li>seeing rainbows or halos<\/li><li>headache<\/li><li>nausea<\/li><li>vomiting<\/li><li><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Normal tension glaucoma. \u00a0<\/strong>People with &#8220;normal tension glaucoma&#8221; have eye pressure that is within normal ranges, but show signs of glaucoma, such as blind spots in their field of vision and optic nerve damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Glaucoma suspects. \u00a0<\/strong>Some people have no signs of damage but have higher than normal eye pressure (called ocular hypertension). These patients are considered &#8220;glaucoma suspects&#8221; and have a higher risk of eventually developing glaucoma. They should be carefully monitored by your Pepose Vision ophthalmologist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open-angle glaucoma.With open-angle glaucoma, there are no warning signs or obvious symptoms in the early stages. As the disease progresses, blind spots develop in your peripheral (side) vision. Most people with open-angle glaucoma do not notice any change in their vision until the damage is quite severe. This is why glaucoma is called the \u201csilent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":9703,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,6],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What Are the Symptoms of Glaucoma? - Pepose Vision Institute<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What Are the Symptoms of Glaucoma?. 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